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Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Diagnosis • Drugs ... malignant neuroleptic syndrome ... (myositis) • Metabolic ... enzymes or lipid metabolism
Serotonin Syndrome Drug Precipitants and Pharmacology
↑ Serotonin Formation: Tryptophan, Oxitriptan
↑ Serotonin Release: Amphetamines, Cocaine, Mirtazapine
↑ Serotonin
Serotonin Syndrome ... Drug Precipitants ... and Pharmacology ... Lithium ↓ Serotonin Metabolism ... medications #causes #differential
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME ... • ILLICIT DRUGS ... • ANAEMIA • METABOLIC ... Palpitations #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Churg-Strauss syndrome ... sclerosis - Metabolic ... Radiation - Drug ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonology #Differential
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue - Differential ... Insufficiency Metabolic ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ... Chronic #Fatigue #Differential
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Pericardial Effusion - Differential ... Mesothelioma • Metabolic ... Dissection, Idiopathic, Drug-related ... Pericardial #Effusion #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
overload - Drugs ... - Endocrine / metabolic ... cardiomyopathy #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Non-cirrhotic Hyperammonemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hematologic & Vascular:
 • Multiple myeloma & Acute leukemia (plasma cells
Hyperammonemia - Differential ... Y t amino acid metabolism ... (direct ↑) Drugs ... Hyperammonemia #ammonia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Refeeding Syndrome ... alcohol abuse or drugs ... • Incr Glucose Metabolism ... - Metabolic ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Heart Failure - Pathophysiology ... and Differential ... Hyperthyroidism - Increased Metabolism ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology